Variation in a molecular marker for resistance of Saudi date palm germplasm t…

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis (FOA) is a seed- and soil-borne vascular wilt pathogen that causes a very serious and destructive disease of date palm (Bayoud disease). FOA is not currently known to occur in Saudi Arabia, but the disease has been moving eastward from its origin in Morocco and Algeria. The main objective of this study was to evaluate Saudi Arabian date palm germplasm at the …